The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, is known for his
highly innovative projects and his futuristic style of thinking. Over the
years, he has dazzled the scientific and technological community with his
far-sighted new solutions to modern life, but it has recently been rumored that
Musk is about to embark on his boldest move yet. Insiders are suggested that
Musk is setting a new company that will develop the technology to allow human
brains to link directly to physical, electronic devices.

The company is called Neuralink and is
currently primarily involved with developing a ‘neural lace’ technology which
will allow human beings to directly communicate with selected devices purely by
the power of thought. This will allow them to upload or download their thoughts
in real time and access information contained on devices without having to
access a physical interface. Speaking at Vox’s Media Coda Conference Musk said
that this kind of technology would allow human beings to achieve a form of
‘symbiosis’ with machines and would inevitably lead to a higher level of
cognitive function.

NEURAL LACE PREVENT
PEOPLE FROM BECOMING "HOUSE CATS"

TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Musk said that this technology could also
address fears expressed by many prominent scientists, including the renowned
theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking that artificial technology could render
human beings totally irrelevant in the long term. He said that the neural lace
could prevent human beings from being sidelined by powerful artificial
technology by ensuring that they were a vital part of the AI process.

"I don't love the idea of being a house
cat, but what's the solution?” he asked the attendees of the Vox Conference, “I
think one of the solutions that seem maybe the best is to add an AI layer…A
third, digital layer that could work well and symbiotically."

A neural lace which functions in the way described
by Musk is obviously a long way away from being developed. It is thought that
the first neural lace implants will be simpler and used for the treatment of
neurological disorders such as epilepsy and perhaps even clinical depression.